NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Extraordinary attachment. 



o'clock in the morning till eight in the evening ; 

 and my companion followed me through all the 

 windings of the wood, without seeming to be 

 tired. After this he attended me every where, 

 so as to become troublesome; for I was not able 

 to go to any place without his tracing my steps, 

 so that one day he even came to find me in the 

 church. Another time, as he was passing by 

 the rector's window, he heard me talking in the 

 room ; and, as he found the door open, he en- 

 tered, climbed up stairs, and marching in, gave a 

 loud exclamation of joy to the no small affright 

 of the family. 



" I am sorry, in relating such interesting traits 

 of my good and faithful friend Jaequot, when I 

 reflect that it was myself that first dissolved the 

 pleasing connection; but it was necessary for 

 me to separate him from me by force. Poor 

 Jacquot fancied himself as free in the best apart- 

 ments as in his own; and after several accidents 

 of this kind, he uas shut up and I saw him no 

 more. His inquietude lasted above a year, and 

 he died from vexation. He was become as dry 

 as a bit of wood, as I am told, for I would not 

 seetiini; and his death was concealed from me 

 for more than two months after the event. Were 

 I to recount all the friendly incidents between 

 me and poor Jacquot, 1 should not for several 

 days have done writing. He died in the year 

 of our friendship, aged seven years and two 

 months." 



